THE ECONOMIC DILEMMAS OF SOCIAL GAMES

Agnieszka SZEWCZYK

Creativity, Technology, Risk, Games

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract The article describes the main features of social games, the mechanisms that occur in them and the types of users who are using them. The economic aspects of social games are indicated. The the most popular business models and mechanisms that enable for the developers and for the publishers to make [...] Read more.

DILEMMAS OF THE RISK IDENTIFICATION

Paweł ŻUKOWSKI

Creativity, Technology, Risk, Games

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract The main target of the article is to present the main dilemma of risk identification. The article consists of 3 sections. The first section provides a general description of the process of the risk identification starting with the identification of risk factors and coming to a construction of a risk [...] Read more.

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS AND DEFLATION OF RESPONSIBILITY

Wiesław SZTUMSKI

Creativity, Technology, Risk, Games

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract In this article the author tries to justify the hypothesis that the deflation of responsibility increases proportionally to technological progress. He examines a number of issues related to the transformation of the actual responsibility into the potential one, the individual into the collective, the [...] Read more.

TASKS, PROBLEMS, INNOVATIONS – PROBLEMS OF CREATIVITY

Czesław CEMPEL

Creativity, Technology, Risk, Games

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract Problems of creativity should be defined and analyzed in terms of tasks, problems and innovations. Creativity is implemental and productive (product – making). The author presents the three – dimensional synthesis of areas of human creativity. Ignorance in science is not so harmful as in engineering [...] Read more.

POWER OF EXPERTS („EXPERTOCRACY”) IN A POSTMODERN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY – A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE AND CHALLENGE OF PRACTICE

Małgorzata MOLĘDA-ZDZIECH

Transformations of Man and Society: Ideas, Perspectives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract The aim of this paper is to show the concept of a knowledge economy and society in a postmodern context. According to the Author, this context emphasizes the role and significance of experts, even as some form of power - "expertocracy". At the same time, experts’ authority highlights the role and [...] Read more.

THE IDEA OF A CIVIL SOCIETY VERSUS A COUNTRY AND CITIZENS

Edward KAROLCZUK

Transformations of Man and Society: Ideas, Perspectives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract The idea of a civil society is strongly connected with a crisis of the feudal system and the beginning of the capitalist economy. A civil society usually prefers democracy and rebels against the country. However, in order to analyse modern societies influenced by neoliberalism and globalisation, one [...] Read more.

DIGITAL RACISM? AUTOMATED SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES AS TOOLS OF SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION

Jan WASZEWSKI, Maciej GURTOWSKI

Transformations of Man and Society: Ideas, Perspectives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract This article examines one dimension of the changes in surveillance: the way in which dataveillance influences social segregation and emergence of the new forms of discrimination. The paper begins at presentation of the key concepts in surveillance studies. One of them is the creation of ‘data doubles [...] Read more.

TRANSFORMATIONS OF LIFE IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Rafał ILNICKI

Transformations of Man and Society: Ideas, Perspectives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract It is argued that what constitutes human in technological society is bare life which is shaped by different technological systems. This means that human life is hardly graspable in terms of conscious existence. Analysis in this article focuses on the concept of the technological society developed by [...] Read more.

CHANGE - TRANSFORMATION - BIG DATA: MUTUAL COUPLING

Kazimierz KRZYSZTOFEK

Transformations of Man and Society: Ideas, Perspectives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract The article aims at clarifying semantic and functional differences between change and transformation as seen within the cultural context. Attention is focused on processes of change/transformation brought about by the digital technologies. The social change caused by these technologies is frequently [...] Read more.

MAN AND HIS PLACE. AROUND THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF VIRTUAL WORLDS BY TOM BOELLSTORFF

Monika MICZKA-PAJESTKA

Transformations of Man and Society: Ideas, Perspectives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract The article discusses the concept of Tom Boellstorff, which he himself called anthropology of virtual worlds. There is considered a problem of finding a place in the virtual space, and especially in virtual worlds like Second Life. And hence it describes the anthropological approach of Boellstorff to [...] Read more.